Top 30 Bible Verses about a Young Man

Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is their gray head.

Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth.

Then one of the servants answered and said, Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person. And the LORD is with him.

My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother.

Flee also youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall.

My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands.

How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you say, I have no pleasure in them.

But the LORD said to me: Do not say, ‘I am a youth,’ for you shall go to all to whom I send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom. And in all your getting, get understanding.

Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.

Young men in whom there was no blemish, but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, possessing knowledge and quick to understand, who had ability to serve in the king’s palace.

It is good for a man to bear the yoke in his youth.

There is a generation that curses its father, and does not bless its mother.

For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your children within you.

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You.

My son, keep your father’s command, and do not forsake the law of your mother.

I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.

Furthermore King David said to all the assembly: My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is young and inexperienced, and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the LORD God.

He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their labor.

For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the wooden images, the carved images, and the molded images.

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: I am young in years, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not declare my opinion to you.

As iron sharpens iron, so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

The sign of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.

The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

People always think something's all true.

Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.